What’s on TV tonight? Shows to watch on Monday 31 October – including Dark Angel and Chris Tarrant: Ice Train To Nowhere

Also on TV tonight: The Moonstone and Supershoppers

BY TV MAGAZINE

31st October 2016, 12:03 am

Updated: 1st December 2016, 4:24 pm

What can't you miss on TV tonight? Our guide to the must-see shows...

NEW! Dark Angel, 9pm, ITV

Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt is back in a cap and apron, and this time she leads the cast in this sinister period drama based on a true story.

She’s Mary Ann Cotton, a seemingly sweet girl from the North East, who suffers repeated tragedy with the loss of several children.

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Dark Angel: Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt is back and this time she leads the cast in a sinister period drama

When her husband gets laid off, it’s the last straw. Impoverished and with an eye on his life-insurance money, she poisons him. And so begins a new existence for Mary Ann, where her needs – and shrewd insurance policies – come first.

It’s only two parts, so the action zips along, slightly at the expense of character development. But among a cast that includes Jonas Armstrong as Joe Nattrass and Alun Armstrong, Froggatt is a winning lead in an absorbing and raunchy series.